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The Big Sleep (1946)
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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Director:Howard Hawks |
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Cast
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| Humphrey Bogart | ... | ||
| Lauren Bacall | ... | ||
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John Ridgely | ... | |
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Martha Vickers | ... | |
| Dorothy Malone | ... |
Acme Book Shop Proprietress
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Peggy Knudsen | ... | |
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Regis Toomey | ... | |
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Charles Waldron | ... | |
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Charles D. Brown | ... | |
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Bob Steele | ... | |
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... | |
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Pat Clark | ... |
Mona Mars
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James Flavin | ... |
Capt. Cronjager
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Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
District Attorney White
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Storyline
Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe finds that each problem centers about the disappearance of Sternwood's favoured employee who has left with a mobster's wife. Each of the problems becomes a cover for something else as Marlowe probes. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
À Beira do Abismo See more »Filming Locations:
New York Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Vivian: Maybe I wanted to hold your hand.
Philip Marlowe: Oh, that can be arranged.
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(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Played when Vivian Rutledge pays off Marlowe over drinks See more »
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Trivia
The second of four films made by real life couple and later husband and wife Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. This film follows Bacall's debut in To Have and Have Not, during which their romance was first kindled on set. Following this film, the couple teamed up twice more, for Dark Passage and Key Largo. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Vivian unties Marlowe, she has no shoes. When she gets up, she has shoes. See more »Quotes
Philip Marlowe: How'd you happen to pick out this place?Vivian: Maybe I wanted to hold your hand.
Philip Marlowe: Oh, that can be arranged.
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Soundtracks
"I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan"(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
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